Handy Thing To Take Up Or Run Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	99%	8		Exact Match!
	noun • to offer or accept a challenge • a glove of armored leather; protects the hand • a glove with long sleeve • a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim
	25%	3		Handy thing to know?: Abbr.
	noun • the sign language used in the United States
	24%	7		A secondary or supporting thing that enhances or complements the main thing
	noun • something added to another thing but not an essential part of it • a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another • a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence adjective satellite • furnishing added support • of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

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	Clue	Source
1	"Handy" thing to know, for short? New York Times - 13 Nov 2018	New York Times / 13 Nov 2018
2	1983 #1 hit with the lyric "Take, take, take what you need" New York Times - 03 Mar 2018	New York Times / 03 Mar 2018
3	A secondary or supporting thing that enhances or complements the main thing
4	Handy take-along New York Times - 18 Sep 2016	New York Times / 18 Sep 2016
5	Handy thing to know?: Abbr. New York Times - 02 Mar 2007	New York Times / 02 Mar 2007
6	Handy to take along
7	Jo Jo __ (band with the 1972 single "Run, Run, Run") New York Times Bonus - 01 Mar 2007	New York Times Bonus / 01 Mar 2007

Knight's glove
Padding site
It may be thrown down or run
It's taken up as a challenge, but it''s punishing for runners
Handy piece of protective gear
Glove female relative left in bag
Long glove
Gloomy letter, only half read, seen as a challenge
Challenge location of punishing run
Punishment to be run — heavy glove

Part of a duelist's uniform
Glove stolen by thieving Aunt Letitia
Long-sleeved glove
One's on hand potentially to issue a challenge
This is thrown down as a challenge
Some armour Britain lost in dreadful gun battle
Allowed to carry thin glove
Challenge, symbolically
Baking a gluten tart initially is a challenge

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